As a result, a long-awaited rematch between featherweights Leonard Garcia (15-7-1 MMA, 2-3 UFC) and Nam Phan (16-9 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has taken its spot on the night’s pay-per-view main card.

UFC 136 takes place Oct. 8 at Houston’s Toyota Center.

Officials recently booked Garcia vs. Phan II when Phan’s original opponent, Matt Grice, was forced off the card with an injury,

That fight initially was slated for the preliminary card. As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported, Spike TV will air a “UFC Prelims” special for UFC 136, but Garcia and Phan wasn’t slated for that one-hour cable special. So they’ll go from an expected Facebook stream to main-card slots.

Phan, a semifinalist on “The Ultimate Fighter 12,” suffered the controversial split-decision loss to Garcia at the show’s live finale back in December. Although seemingly the more composed and effective fighter in the bout, Garcia won the fight via scores of 29–28, 27–30 and 29–28. It was widely panned as one of the year’s worst decisions.